Offenders with mental disorders in prison and the courts: links to rates of civil detentions and the number of psychiatric beds in England – longitudinal data from 1984 to 2016
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DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.73
Abstract: Background The Mental Health Act in England and Wales allows for two types of detention in hospital: civil and forensic detentions. An association between the closure of mental illness beds and a rise in civil… read more here.
Keywords: psychiatric beds; number; civil detentions; rate ... See more keywords